Tensions between the United States, Denmark and Greenland have escalated. US Special Envoy to Greenland Jeff Landry accused Denmark of “reoccupying” Greenland after World War II by “ignoring UN ...

President Donald Trump made his pitch to acquire Greenland to international leaders in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 21, saying for the first time he did not plan for the U.S. to take the land by force.

When Denmark was occupied by Germany during World War II, the United States signed a pact with Denmark’s U.S. ambassador to protect Greenland—then a Danish colony—from Nazi invasion. After Germany was ...